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So, advertise that an existing ride is getting a rebuild, but "roller-coaster, what roller-coaster" RACQ ad style when building Rivals?

😅 40 times a day in a 6 hour window, nearly 7 times an hour. Do they dispatch it that fast on a slow day? 😁

"I'm big, what can I ride" comes up once or twice a year. This question "will we see designs change" I don't recall seeing before, or at least recently.

The ride operators actually handle it rather well. "I'm sorry, but the harness won't engage, so unfortunately you won't be able to ride". I actually fail the test seat for DC Rivals (just) but the harness locks fine for me.

I don't see how giving guests 12 months notice of a shutdown is a problem. Helps them plan their holidays, particularly overseas guests.

My understanding was that WWF could have it's splash down depth varied to change the amount of water guests got soaked with, as the boats run in rails.

Is it a water height thing? Lower levels during the cooler mornings means less passengers to stop bottoming out? Or even a case of lower levels during lower demand to save electricity?

Thanks, the absence of the card made me think it was broken and fenced off.

Poison Ivy didn't have a card Wednesday. To me it looked like it was barricaded off anyway (or are those barriers always there?)

Yes, no signs of activity. AA is getting some new Signage over the entrance way. Superman was running really well post service. Rivals was good too, was extremely slow when empty in morning tests, by the afternoon was running very fast.

DD is closed for maintenance. The park was dead today, five rides closed and everything was still a walk on all day.

I just search in the name field for "sea world" rather than the address and it brings up the relevant lots.

It's about 80km each way from my place to MW. Honestly we'd only be going to ride Rivals at night. Both mid 30s and two kids, so the DJ stuff isn't appealing.

8pm in the email I received. Not worth the effort for a northsider like us.

I'm not sure how the hydraulics work exactly as far as the valving goes, but those I have experienced appear to allow tightening to occur. The ride attendants are able to push them down if you've left it a bit loose (and aren't using your legs like I did on AA to hold it up a bit), but they can't pull it up without a seat or full release depending on the specific ride. Rivals for instance, my wife was able to get the belt latch in and the hydraulics held the harness in place, but it wasn't low enough to give a green light on her seat. They tried push it down but just fell short and I got called names as she left (we agreed on the Top Gear leave them behind method 😄). Fingers crossed for her on Wednesday when we try again.

That is true, though in the case of Arkham Asylum it is a crushing across the thighs, and is definitely movement of the restraint. The valving stops the fluid from allowing the restraint to release on the ride, but doesn't prevent it from tightening. There is a bit of submarining going on in the brake run too I would expect, though the new magnetic brakes having nothing on the old friction brakes!

The discussion of the harness movement on Arkham Asylum got me thinking, what other rides have people experienced restraints moving during the ride, either tighter or looser? Tighening - The Arkham Asylum harness gradually tightens throughout the ride. On my last visit, I intentionally held it up slightly with my legs to buy some space for the end of the ride. Still got the crushing at the end but not as severely. I noted it tightening throughout the journey, particularly through the helix. Loosening - My recollection was a ride on Cyclone once, where the ratchet mechanism mustn't have completely caught the next tooth, subsequently on one of the (many) jolts my harness clicked upwards. Needless to say, it was pulled down hard very quickly and held onto for the remainder of the ride. My wife experienced similar once too, I think it was with the old Lethal Weapon seats. I don't intend this thread to be a "this place has shoddy maintenance" witch hunt, more a place to share experiences.

I even tried Urban Dictionary, though they had answers, they didn't seem relevant to DC Rivals.

And as an enthusiast of mechanical devices (trains, rides, cars, bikes, boats) rather than a theme park enthusiast, I don't know of that application of the word. As didn't several other forum members who I'd consider to be enthusiasts based on their years of contributing to this forum. Rather than attempt to "look cool" by using jargon, perhaps they should work on their spelling and sentence construction. Being able to articulate yourself correctly is a good way to earn respect anywhere in life, rather than using an obscure term I (and others clearly) have never seen used on these forums.

And clearly no one has any idea at all what you mean. As I say to my 6 yr old "use a different word so we might be able to work out what you mean".

Stabled? Like a place where you keep horses?

As a kid I thought Rodney was real. It was only on my second visit it became clear as it was a different person in that same horrible outfit! I was only ten on my first visit, which would have been during opening year.

I'd rather staff in safety roles (loading, unloading) be focused on safety rather than pleasantry's. My question, and not just to the OP but to all of you is, how many of you thank/acknowledge the ride attendant's when they do acknowledge you? They may be paid but I'd hazard a guess they get little response and eventually wear down from trying and give up. That Scooby unloader would be a boring lonely job, and at the moment not one I'd want. The amount of disappointed faces coming your way would be tiresome, not to mention how many times you'd be asked "when is it getting fixed" a day. Whilst it may be guttered, at least it is open. My 6yr old son loved the ride (his first true roller coaster ride) in its current form and will loose his s**t when it is themed again, he's a mental Scooby Doo fan.

MDMC is for skinny legs only.

No idea, but I imagine if a ride at my Theme Park killed 4 people, my insurers would be searching for every possible risk there is and try to mitigate it where possible.